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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Phillip Arden's father get to Brown for parent's weekend?
(a) Commercial airline.
(b) Drove his Mercedes.
(c) Drove his Lexus.
(d) Flew in on his Lear jet.

2. What class is Cedric observing in his field work?
(a) Sixth-grade mathematics.
(b) Fourth-grade mathematics.
(c) Seventh-grade mathematics.
(d) Eighth-grade mathematics.

3. How is LaTisha doing at college?
(a) She is getting all As.
(b) She is struggling and will only take two classes next semester.
(c) She is transferring to a better school.
(d) She has dropped out.

4. Why does Sherene tell Cedric Gilliam to get out of her apartment?
(a) He is doing drugs.
(b) He escaped from prison.
(c) The U.S. marshals are looking for him.
(d) He will not help pay bills.

5. What grade does Zayd get in high school calculus?
(a) B-.
(b) B.
(c) A.
(d) A-.

6. What are Zayd Dohrn's parents occupations?
(a) Engineer and professor.
(b) Own a restaurant.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Lawyer and professor.

7. What appetizer is Cedric served when he eats dinner with his sister and mother on parents' weekend?
(a) Escargot.
(b) Oysters on the half shell.
(c) Beet flan.
(d) Shrimp cocktail.

8. What does Zayd not like his mother to do in front of other people?
(a) Talk about her past.
(b) Curse.
(c) Talk about political issues.
(d) Hug him.

9. Where do Cedric and his family eat dinner during parents' weekend?
(a) Zooma.
(b) Adesso.
(c) Aspire.
(d) El Principe.

10. What is a new addition at Ballou the fall of 1995?
(a) Armed security guards.
(b) Police officers in the halls.
(c) Metal detector.
(d) Security guards in every classroom.

11. What does Bishop Long do on Cedric's first Sunday home at Christmas?
(a) Calls him on stage and asks questions about college.
(b) Has Cedric and his mother over for dinner.
(c) Asks Cedric to teach a Sunday School class.
(d) Asks him to sing.

12. Who gets control of the music in Cedric's dorm room?
(a) The person who wins an arm wrestling match.
(b) Cedric, because it is his CD player.
(c) Depends on the day of the week.
(d) The person who is alone in the room.

13. Who tells Rob that he and Cedric would have probably been friends if they had not been roommates?
(a) His friend Caroline.
(b) Zayd.
(c) Billy Mosberg.
(d) Chiniqua.

14. Why do minority students not seek out counseling or tutoring?
(a) Do not realize it is available.
(b) It costs extra.
(c) Afraid doing so will reveal a second-class status.
(d) Pride.

15. Where do Zayd and Cedric often go when they get off College Hill?
(a) To a mall.
(b) To a restaurant.
(c) To a bar.
(d) To a professor's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Cedric getting his belongings back home after the first year of college?

2. What does Zayd write during first semester?

3. Where will Cedric eat Thanksgiving dinner?

4. Where do the black students at Brown usually hang out?

5. Where is Zayd spending the summer after the freshman year?

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